The Centre for Loneliness Studies Seminar Series next event will be about tackling loneliness in housing schemes for older people.

Dr. Paul Willis, and Kate Hunt from Orbit housing, will be presenting on their research. Paul is an associate in Social Work and Social Gerontology at the University of Bristol. He will present on his research from the Diversity in Care Environments project in Bristol. Orbit housing are a housing association providing over 46,500 affordable and social rent homes across the Midlands, South, and South-east of the UK. Kate is an Independent Living Regional Manager for Orbit in in Bristol, and will present her experiences of tackling loneliness via the services in their housing projects. Each presentation will last about 15 minutes, after which there will be half an hour for questions.

A link for the event is available via the event details below. For inquiries, contact John Ratcliffe on j.ratcliffe@shu.ac.uk